What role can effective use of empty space play in expression within an artwork?

It can highlight loneliness or silence

The governing concept is negative space, meaning the intentionally unoccupied area around, between, or beside the main forms. Empty space is not automatically an error; its size, shape, and placement influence attention, balance, rhythm, and emotional atmosphere. A large unfilled area surrounding a small figure can make the figure appear isolated, silent, vulnerable, or distant, so option A is correct. The space may also create calm or emphasis depending on the composition, but it always participates in meaning. Option B treats every unpainted area as a mistake, which is false. Options C and D ignore how composition can communicate feeling and wrongly connect space with loss of meaning or frame cost.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Introduction to Art. Topic: Art as a form of expression.